'Ballistic' definitions:

Definition of 'ballistic'

From: WordNet
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity; "ballistic missile"

Definition of 'Ballistic'

From: GCIDE
  • Ballistic \Bal*lis"tic\, a.
  • 1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Pertaining to ballistics[2], or to a projectile in a gravitational field. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 3. frenzied; very angry; -- used mostly in the phrase
  • go ballistic. [Colloq.] [PJC]
  • Ballistic pendulum, an instrument consisting of a mass of wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means of the arc through which their impact impels it. [1913 Webster]